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Ham Sandwich
12 years ago
A random update with a random title...
Is the year already coming to an end? The weather is changing again, even here in California, where it gets much colder in parts than many realize. I know some of my parts have felt warmer. Overall, things are good; I've been busy with classes and work - the usual.
My back-burner electronics hackery is moving along, slowly as usual. I got a few really thoughtful responses about how to improve my fursuit controller gadget. I was pretty excited about the idea of releasing a kit, and putting together an indiegogo campaign to fund a few beta units. One thing that became clear from feedback, however, is that people expect more of a finished product, with a campaign geared more towards commercial sales of that product. As a result, I'm going to delay my campaign, and just order parts for a single prototype.
Sometimes its easy to feel like the intersection of hackers and furries is rather large, because many of us have an alternative personality streak, to put it lightly. On the other hand, I think most people (at least in the US) are accustomed to electronics products being totally massaged by big R&D and marketing budgets. I can see why it seems odd for many people to think of electronics development as an open and collaborative creative process, especially to some artists for whom art is a very personal endeavor.
Now I'm trying to decide how to spend the few weeks after classes end, before Further Confusion. Sewing or soldering?
Is the year already coming to an end? The weather is changing again, even here in California, where it gets much colder in parts than many realize. I know some of my parts have felt warmer. Overall, things are good; I've been busy with classes and work - the usual.
My back-burner electronics hackery is moving along, slowly as usual. I got a few really thoughtful responses about how to improve my fursuit controller gadget. I was pretty excited about the idea of releasing a kit, and putting together an indiegogo campaign to fund a few beta units. One thing that became clear from feedback, however, is that people expect more of a finished product, with a campaign geared more towards commercial sales of that product. As a result, I'm going to delay my campaign, and just order parts for a single prototype.
Sometimes its easy to feel like the intersection of hackers and furries is rather large, because many of us have an alternative personality streak, to put it lightly. On the other hand, I think most people (at least in the US) are accustomed to electronics products being totally massaged by big R&D and marketing budgets. I can see why it seems odd for many people to think of electronics development as an open and collaborative creative process, especially to some artists for whom art is a very personal endeavor.
Now I'm trying to decide how to spend the few weeks after classes end, before Further Confusion. Sewing or soldering?
Both!